Hot Entertainment
IndustryPornography
FoundedMarch 1991
FounderShungo Kaji
Headquarters
Tokyo
,
Japan
Key people
Shinsuke Kaji (梶 晋介), President
ProductsPornographic films
Websitehttp://hot-et.com/

Hot Entertainment (ホットエンターテイメント, Hotto Entāteimento) is a Japanese adult video (AV) production company which has its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan and specializes in works featuring amateur actresses in "reality" videos.

Company information

Hot Entertainment was founded on March 29, 1991 by Shungo Kaji.[1][2] The company is located in the Sasazuka district of Tokyo's fashionable Shibuya ward.[1] Hot Entertainment produces about 10 new videos per month[3] and the DMM website, the distribution arm for the Hokuto Corporation, had over 1250 DVDs listed as manufactured under the Hot Entertainment brand in September 2011.[4] Hot Entertainment also produced and released the 1999 theatrical movie Ekiben directed by Shungo Kaji.[5]

In 2005, the AV columnist for the AllAbout website, Kemuta Ōtsubo, singled out Hot Entertainment as the most interesting AV company of the year, noting that the company had the best track record for turnover in AV rental stores for 2003 and 2004 and had programs featured on TV. He also lauds the studio for producing future directorial talent including AV directors Masaaki Kai, Hideto Aki and Sabbath Horinaka.[6]

The company operates its own website (hot-et.com) (created January 26, 2001) which offers information on new releases and a market for DVD sales.[7]

Hot Entertainment AV Visual Arts Academy

In the Fall of 2007, Hot Entertainment set up a series of courses for people wanting to enter the adult video industry, under the name of Hot Entertainment AV Visual Arts Academy. A separate series of courses consisting of seven or eight 90-minute classes was available for a 200,000 yen (about $2000) fee for aspiring producers, directors and actors.[8][9] Instructors at the Academy were Hot Entertainment founder Shungo Kaji, Naoki Fushimi (伏見直樹) and Kaoru Mizuki (水木薫).[8][10] The curriculum for the directors' course included topics such as planning, themes, documentary versus dramatic works and whether videos should be based only on the actress. Salary scales are also mentioned, running from 8000–10,000 yen per day for extras and "soup men" to 50,000 yen for veteran actors and 100,000 to 300,000 yen for directors.[11]

Labels

In addition to Hot Entertainment, the company has also used the following labels:[12]

Directors

Directors who have worked for Hot Entertainment include:[12]

Actresses

Some of the actresses who have appeared in Hot Entertainment videos:

  • Riko Tachibana

AV Grand Prix

Hot Entertainment was one of the 77 companies which submitted entries for the 2008 AV Grand Prix contest. Their nominee was the video 100 Person Nampa Battle of All Time (空前絶後の100人ナンパ大作戦, Kuuzenzetsugo no 100 nin nanpa dai sakusen) (labeled AVGP-031) with amateur actresses.[13] The company also participated in the 2009 AV Grand Prix competition as well with the video Hot Thanksgiving: The Yakyuken Coliseum (HOT感謝祭　THE 野球拳COLISEUM, HOT Kansha sai THE yakyūken COLISEUM), labeled AVGP-142, and starring Yūka Ōsawa, Riku Shiina, Yūho Kitada, Saki Tsuji, Ren Hitomi and Hikari Aoyama.[14]

Notes

  1. ^ a b "会社案内 (About Us)" (in Japanese). hot-et.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-25. Retrieved 2011-09-21.
  2. ^ "Shungo Kaji" (in Japanese). kaji-world.net. Retrieved 2011-09-21.
  3. ^ "新作紹介 (New Works)" (in Japanese). hot-et.com. Archived from the original on 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2011-09-21.
  4. ^ "DVD通販 > メーカー > ホットエンターテイメント (DVD store: Manufacturer Hot Entertainment)" (in Japanese). DMM. Retrieved 2011-09-21.
  5. ^ 駅弁 (in Japanese). AllCinema. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
  6. ^ Otsubo, Kemuta (April 30, 2005). ホットエンターテイメントに注目 (in Japanese). AllAbout. Archived from the original on August 9, 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-21.
  7. ^ "Whois Record For Hot-Et.com". whois.domaintools.com. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
  8. ^ a b Otsubo, Kemuta (September 19, 2007). 人気監督を生み出したあの監督が教える！ＡＶスクール誕生 (in Japanese). AllAbout. Archived from the original on June 11, 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-21.
  9. ^ "学院について (Academy)" (in Japanese). hot-et.com/avschool/. Archived from the original on 2009-02-15. Retrieved 2011-09-21.
  10. ^ "講師陣紹介 (Instructors)" (in Japanese). hot-et.com/avschool/. Archived from the original on 2009-02-15. Retrieved 2011-09-21.
  11. ^ "カリキュラム (Curriculum)" (in Japanese). hot-et.com/avschool/. Archived from the original on 2009-02-15. Retrieved 2011-09-21.
  12. ^ a b "Studio Hot Entertainment". Urabon Navigator. Retrieved 2011-09-21.
  13. ^ "AV Grand Prix 2008 Grand Prix Stage" (in Japanese). dmm.co.jp. Archived from the original on 2008-10-21. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
  14. ^ "HOT感謝祭　THE 野球拳COLISEUM" (in Japanese). av-gp.com. Retrieved 2011-09-21.

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